The Potential Impact of California’s New Fair Pair Act on Employers

California’s new Fair Pay Act, which became law on Tuesday, October 6, is posed to be a litigation game-changer for companies that do business in California. Signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown, the Act is intended to “strengthen” the state’s existing equal-pay law by forbidding employers from paying employees less than their opposite-sex counterparts…

New X-Mod Formulas Approved

New x-mod formulas have been approved and employers should be focusing on limiting the number vs. cost of claims. Changes are afoot in how experience modifications are going to be calculated. An experience modification or “X-Mod” is a percentage calculated by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (“WCIRB”) based on an employer’s payroll, number of…